Education for All
Written by Jessica Elvins In 2017, I spent 5 months at Maya's Aapswora branch. Last week, I was lucky enough to re-visit my second home. Walking into the school I was greeted by smiling faces and warm welcomes, it felt like I'd never left. During the storms in April, the school unfortunately lost 4 of... Continue Reading →
Written by Jael Orij 30 Maya students are hitting the dance floor with a bi-weekly dance class. The popular class is held every Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. A local dance teacher who is referred to as ‘Guru’, and a choreographer leads the group of students from Grade 4 and higher. Six girls from the... Continue Reading →
Written by Job Arts On January 3th, 2018 I was ready to board to the country of mountains, of a mosaic of cultures and the country of Maya Universe Academy. In my inbox an e-mail from Maya appeared with a request: would I like to teach Science and mathematics class in a village called Keshavtar? This... Continue Reading →
The Sagarmatha Branch of Maya Universe Academy is, with the recent admission of its youngest students, focusing on a quality academic education for the students. Our diverse curriculum includes daily classes of yoga and extracurricular subjects such as poetry, sports and music, in order for the students to develop their creativity. The school is currently running until... Continue Reading →
Written by Jonny Delton As part of their training, three groups of around twelve US Army cadets were due to stay at the school for about a week each. This was done under the Maya Educational Experience program that was tailored to their needs. For example, due to their rules the groups could not be... Continue Reading →
Written by : Phurwa Gyaltsen Crystal mountain school, dho-tarap, Dolpo is a school located at an altitude of more than 4000 metre in Dolpa district. The school runs up to grade 7. After finishing summer session of 7 months the student of class 7 are brought down to Kathmandu in Snow Leopard Residence a boarding facilities... Continue Reading →
Written by Manish Ale - 7th grade student My classmates and I were interested in playing football since we were in grade one. We participated in Moran cup organized by St.Xavier’s Godavari in Kathmandu a few years ago. It was also the first time that we traveled so far. We were all very... Continue Reading →
Written by Laura Plunkett I believe that kids learn best while they are having fun and the kids at Maya Universe Academy definitely seemed to have a lot of fun learning English while practicing yoga at the same time. In the classes, a mix of storytelling, songs, games and yoga poses are used. Yoga is... Continue Reading →
Written by Eugenie Thieffry As a French drama teacher, I was glad to have the opportunity to conduct a theater workshop with the Nepali students at Maya Universe Academy. The biggest challenge in this was to get the group ready to perform a small play within just two weeks! And with kids who are already... Continue Reading →
